Doomerism not helping. We get tones of it from the mass media, and from people reproducing this narrative (online and in person) that wants us to think that it's better to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.
I'm fed up with this approach.
My knowledge is very limited in coding and since this is the first time I hear the term vibecoding, I don't think I can answer your question just by reading the wiki you linked. Don't get me wrong, I think it's great you did link it!
So I thought of sharing one myself. Perhaps it could help you make up your mind on how to answer your question? I dunno, I suppose at least, it could be a good starting point, and I hope you totally enjoy reading it!
The International Energy Agency chart is clearly about final consumption. This is why the pie chart seemed so weird to me, not including industries I mean.
This video had some very interesting points. It also has some things I don't understand.
There is this pie chart that shows that the global energy consumption for heating is 50%. This is the source of this claim from the vids refs. I know nothing about this source (I mean I did read the About section), so if you do let me know.
One source I know of is the International Energy Agency (IEA). According to IEA industries are the Largest sectors in final consumption in World (link also from vid) (30%). Here it says heat is a very small percentage (3.6%).
So, to say the least, I don't understand why industries are left out of the energy consumption in this video.
Apart from that, he does talk about "growth" but as if it was an abstract term, and not a key element of the current economic system. In a way, I don't know how we can have a talk about net-zero or powering the world without even mentioning problems like the growth of the production of unnecessary products, or about the planned obsolescence of useful products (instead of creating long-lasting ones).
Thank you very much for this intro!
Solar saw the biggest leap, with a record-breaking 45.2% increase (+277 GW), achieving 887 GW overall. Wind power also saw solid growth, climbing 18% (+80 GW) to almost 521 GW.
China’s renewable energy sector experienced a stellar year in 2024, with the total installed capacity of wind and solar power surpassing 1.4 billion kilowatts, further reinforcing the country’s role as a global leader in renewable energy development.
I am not really familiar with hydrogen energy. I just found this community that I will look into. Do you perhaps have some resources to share?
Yep, natural gas is definitely not clean. The end of natural gas has to start with its name. The oil and gas industry didn’t invent the name. But it invented the myth of a clean fuel.
Btw the 30th Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has started in March and will end in July.
There is some hope in relation to the outcomes, now that Carvalho has assumed her position of Secretary General at ISA. At her inaugural statement she said, among other things:
Together, we will embark on a new era defined by collaboration, equity, inclusiveness, transparency, accountability, effectiveness and sustainability—values that will guide our collective efforts to ensure ISA remains a trusted steward of the ocean.
The deep seabed in the areas beyond national jurisdiction – the Area - encompassing over 54 per cent of our planet’s surface, falls under ISA’s mandate. This places a profound responsibility on the ISA for planetary good governance. Our mandate is clear: to organize and regulate activities in the Area in fulfilment of the Common Heritage Principle on behalf of States Parties and for the benefit of humankind as a whole. This includes a list of crucial responsibilities: sustainable resource management; environmental protection; equitable benefit-sharing; the promotion and encouragement of marine scientific research; and the dissemination of its results. These pillars guide our work to ensure that seabed resources are managed responsibly, equitably and in alignment with the highest evidence-based scientific and environmental standards.
The equitable benefit-sharing sounds a bit alarming tbh, because it gives me the impression that some permits for deep-sea mining will be given. We'll see how that goes.
This is a very weird article, so I thought of taking a look at the author. Michael Barnard has been writing in the past for Forbes magazine, is the co-founder of a couple of start-ups, and is the Chief Strategist of The Future Is Electric or TFIE Strategy Inc. It looks like:
[source: https://tfie.io/]
I have the impression that he is simply not invested to geothermal. If anyone has got more info, please share.